In vino veritas, in beer the truth...?

Big shopping and organizing day ahead. So far 22 yes's (meaning maybe 40?) and 53 who has still not answered. Not that I think it will be necessary; but does BevMo except returns?
Also need to get the car valuated, figure out what I can make for the party from what we have in the pantry, make gravlax, borrow a table, go to the gym, do laundry and hopefully, maybe squeeze in an hour by the pool and entertain the kids.

I can't sleep, I desperately need a haircut, I have some strange reaction to the eye mask that I've been wearing to get some decent sleep (not working obviously) leaving me with red, puffy eyes. I'm a beaut right now!

And it's hot, hot, hot in AZ again. Air conditioning is up and running at all hours, overriding the 90F (!) that the owners have had it set on during the day and 86F(!!!) during the night. Are they crazy?! I like the heat but there are limits.

I am not so stressed out by the move, yet. Give me a few days and I'm sure that will happen. Thank goodness we are moving during the summer = less things to carry, and that we have professional (let's just hope!) movers working for us meaning that not only can I not pack anything byself - I am not ALLOWED to! Yay.

The last time we moved to Beijing I arrived with a (one) suitcase, another arriving a week later in cargo which was way cheaper than paying overweight back in the day. Now we have a 40 foot container, two children and a crazy cat that needs to be moved. Hopefully it will go smoother than when we went to pick up the suitcase sent as cargo at the Beijing International Airport - during Chinese New Year. The time of the year when pretty much the country stops. We were sent down the conveyor belt where the bags normally comes up, in the underbelly of the airport. And having failed to find the precious bag there (filled mostly with Ulf's CD's) we were sent to another building (all of this without any documentation bar our passports - this was pre-9/11 obviously) where we rummaged through left behind and lost luggage.
We did finally get the bag, a working day or so later, and could add yet another unbelievable anecdote to our China files.